A History of Rome Down to the Reign of Constantine

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Pagina 228The details of administration which fell outside the scope of the Lex Provinciae
were left to be filled in by successive governors of a province. On taking up his
duties, a governor would publish an " edict " containing the supplementary ...

Pagina 230The primary duty of the governor was to defend his province ^against foreign
enemies and domestic disturbers ; but in normal Roman times his most onerous
duty was that of jurisdiction. It would fall juristic- to him to hear cases of treason
and ...

Pagina 237I Thus the edict which Cicero issued as proconsul of Cilicia embodied details
from the ordinances of Scaevola in Asia (Ad Atticum, vi. I. 15). The influence of an
eminent governor on Roman administration might be as far-reaching as that of a
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